The epidemiology of hospitalization with diarrhea in rural Kenya: the utility of existing health facility data in developing countries

International Journal of Infectious Diseases

Volumn 14, Issue 6, 2010, Pages

  Tornheim, Jeffrey A ^a   Manya, Ayub S ^a,b   Oyando, Norbert ^b   Kabaka, Stewart ^b   O'Reilly, Ciara E ^a   Breiman, Robert F ^a   Feikin, Daniel R ^a  

^a CENTERS FOR DISEASE CONTROL AND PREVENTION   (United States)

^b Ministry of Public Health and Sanitation   (Kenya)

Author keywords

Diarrhea; Epidemiology; Health Management Information System

Indexed keywords

RAIN;

ADOLESCENT; ADULT; AGE; AGED; ARTICLE; CHILD; CONTROLLED STUDY; DEVELOPING COUNTRY; DIARRHEA; FATALITY; FEMALE; HOSPITALIZATION; HUMAN; HUMAN IMMUNODEFICIENCY VIRUS INFECTION; INCIDENCE; INFANT; KENYA; MAJOR CLINICAL STUDY; MALARIA; MALE; PATIENT REFERRAL; PNEUMONIA; PUBLIC HOSPITAL; RURAL AREA; SEASONAL VARIATION; SEX DIFFERENCE;

ADOLESCENT; ADULT; AGED; CHILD; CHILD, PRESCHOOL; COMORBIDITY; DEVELOPING COUNTRIES; DIARRHEA; FEMALE; HIV INFECTIONS; HOSPITALIZATION; HUMANS; INCIDENCE; INFANT; INFANT, NEWBORN; KENYA; MALARIA; MALE; MIDDLE AGED; PNEUMONIA; RISK FACTORS; SEASONS; TUBERCULOSIS;

EID: 77952322375     PISSN: 12019712     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1016/j.ijid.2009.07.021     Document Type: Article

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